Re: Safety

: There are many sayings here in Appalachia which are quaint by today's standards. Many of these archaic expressions are disappearing forever although once in general usage. Some of them are crude, some are politically incorrect. It is sad that we no longer can say what we mean, or that we no longer can say things in a benign way which are so precise but someone will take offense. I am Appalachian but I don't necessarily take offense at "hillbilly" references. I am part American Indian but the sterotypical indian stuff doesn't bother me. My saying---As safe as if you were in Abraham"s back pocket and him fixin' to sit down. Abraham in the Bible (Abraham's bosom) There are so many more!

It strikes me that some of the older phrases which have fallen into disuse fail the short sharp snappy test. They require all your attention and a great deal of local, or ethnic, knowledge to be fully appreciated. So let's record them in a great big book or website, lest they get lost, and savour them in our old age when we have more time and the experience of a lifetime to allow us to extract the richness of the phrase. What am I saying? I'm only 23 years of age and hope to live a long time yet so it's over to all you older folks who have this knowledge; just pour it into print or some other accessible repository. Don't let it die with you.